Great popcorn fare for robot action especially Voltron fans!

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 2014)

Engrossing and action-packed movie that is well worth the popcorn time!If you're sick of over-animated robot movies like the Transformer series, then this old-school styled action flick makes you leap out of your seats with the right climaxes. The attention to detail on the Jaegars makes them look larger-than-life and very aesthetic and the Kaijus are butt-ugly as ever with the stereotypical spitting-mutant horror they wreak. Sure there's no star cast and most of the movie is shot dark with almost no daytime scenes like the big franchise flicks but the realistic weaknesses of the Jaegers and the fight scenes are very entertaining.Why is Rinko Kikuchi in this?Beats me but the cute child version of her is a total heart-melter!Great acting from Idris Elba.
And yes fans of Voltron,can see this as a tribute to it with many sequences that will remind them of it! With multiple nominations and wins from the critics for Best Visual Effects need I say more? Good job Guillermo del Toro! We'd like to see ya make Voltron sometime soon!